Percutaneous Catheter Drainage of Abdominal Abscesses

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To the Editor: In six years of experience we have performed 140 procedures for diagnostic aspiration or drainage of abscesses. During that time, 63 patients were referred to us for possible drainage. We concluded that only 45 (71 per cent) were suitable candidates. Our selection criteria for performing percutaneous drainage1 were similar to those of Gerzof et al. (September 17 issue).2 However, we were somewhat more rigid in our selection procedure, because we did not attempt drainage of interloop abscesses, pancreatic phlegmons, or abscesses associated with intestinal perforations (if the perforations were apparent from the diagnostic studies).In our . . .

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